Ten Marshal Anecdotes

Author: Peng Jiandong
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: "Marching with steel and horses, galloping across battlefields, dedicating oneself to the cause until death—these words truly depict the entire group of marshals. They came from the smoke-filled battlefields and rose amidst gunpowder and bullets. In the War of the Chinese Revolution, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and the War of Liberation, they led their armies into fierce battles, with songs of joy and tears, like tides rising and surging, taking the heads of generals from within a million troops. They drank from the Yellow River and Yangtze River, advancing across the vast land of China, straight to the ends of the earth. They established indelible historical merits for defeating domestic and foreign enemies, for the independence of the Chinese nation and the liberation of the people, and for the birth and prosperity of New China. This book selects ten excerpts from the brilliant moments of the marshals during the war years, gathers the life experiences of the Republic after its founding, and narrates their little-known emotional journeys, making it highly authentic and very readable. Zhu De—participated in the Xinhai Revolution, the War for Protecting the Republic, and the Nanchang Uprising, co-created the 'Zhu-Mao Red Army' with Mao Zedong, one of the founders of the People's Liberation Army; Peng Dehuai—regarded as the independent legion commander in the Red Army, deputy commander of the Eighth Route Army and the People's Liberation Army, renowned for leading the army in the Korean War; Liu Bocheng—Soviet-trained chief of the Red Army General Staff, fought fiercely in the Taihang Mountains, advanced into the Dabie Mountains, directed the Huaihai Campaign, known as the 'God of War' and 'War God'; He Long—led the revolution with two horses and two swords, played a key role in the Nanchang Uprising, shocked the Japanese invaders in North China, and became the first director of the Physical Culture and Sports Commission of New China with a chivalrous heart; Chen Yi—famous for guerrilla warfare in Southern Jiangxi, displayed the demeanor of a scholar on the East China battlefield, became a red diplomat of New China, and engaged in poetic exchanges with Mao Zedong for many years; Luo Ronghuan—long-time 'partner' of Lin Biao, one of the pioneers of political work in the People's Liberation Army, passed away young, causing Mao Zedong great grief; Xu Forwarding—first-year student of the Whampoa Military Academy, gained prominence in the Guangzhou Uprising, demonstrated his skills in the Henan-Hubei-Anhui and Sichuan-Shaanxi battlefields, fought against the 'teacher' Yan Xishan in liberating Shanxi; Nie Rongzhen—Whampoa political instructor, brought down the 'flower of Japanese generals' in North China during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, became the long-term leader responsible for the research and development of atomic and hydrogen bombs in New China; Ye Jianying—Whampoa instructor, the 'permanent' chief of staff from the Red Army to the People's Liberation Army, fiercely condemned Jiang Qing and her ilk during the Cultural Revolution, and cut off his hand; Lin Biao—a war general in the years of flames, the youngest marshal and minister of national defense at that time, blinded by profit, perished in the crash of the Ulanqab Airport."